Wheelbarrows, Shuffleboard and Crybabies

Email of the Week
Dear Andy,
Ozzie says he wants to be a Free Agent. What does that mean?
Fred Osborn, Tempe AZ
Dear Fred,
A free agent is when your ten year old son comes to you and says he will continue to mow the lawn but now he wants twenty dollars a week because his buddy Timmy gets that much for mowing his lawn. Being the good dad you are, you and your son go over to Timmy's house with the lawn mower and you tell Timmy's dad your son will mow their laws for fifteen bucks. Free agency is created, your son makes more money and that asshole Timmy now knows to keep his piehole shut.
Andy
Savaii
On the return from Tribal Council Ozzie declares free agency and tells everyone they everyone can play the game for themselves. He uses the "I thought we had an alliance," card. Keith thinks he took it too personnel, Cochran calls him a crybaby, Jim wants an apology and Whitney wants Oz to man up. Myself, I want 2 for 1 lap dances at the strip club, but that's just me. While we are on the subject ladies, is there such a term as "woman up?" Just askin'. If so what does it mean?
Redemption Island
We see Christine flip off Rick when he says hi. She needs to write a book on social graces and winning friends, I would be first in line to get a copy. Christine beats Elyse in shuffleboard. I am happy for her because Christine can now add to her resume that she beat a Miss America runner up in a game of shuffleboard in the losers bracket of Survivor, priceless. Miss Congeniality is still in this game.
Upolu
Observations. Coach wants people to be up front and honest. We then see Coach observing Brandon who is looking for the idol. He makes no effort to tell Brandon that he himself has the idol. I guess Coach wants "other people" to be up front and honest. It is the same thing as Keith, he wants "other people" to not take it personnel when someone from another alliance is voted out. Finally, where is Brandon's head. If he would stop and think for even one second. He is busting his butt looking for the idol while Coach and Albert are doing what? They are watching him look for the idol. He even asks them if they think someone already found the idol. Use some logic dude.
Savaii
Oz man apologizes to the group. Jim makes a great obversation about the Oz man. He wants to keep Oz around because he could help them win challenges after the merge but he also has a big target on his back and should be easy to vote out.
Challenge
Put together a wheelbarrow, haul coconuts, assemble a sling shot and then shoot targets. Loved this challenge. Upolu got off to a huge lead and then Albert, Coach and Mikayla couldn't hit enough targets. Coach blames Mikayla for not being able to hit targets. Um dude, there were three of you shooting and I could be wrong, Albert was the only to hit a target. Even if Mikayla doesn't shoot anymore, you weren't really hitting anything either. To repeat what I said to Timmy earlier, Coach shut your piehole. Savaii enjoys immunity, food and a natural water slide as reward.
Pretribal
Edna or Mikayla? To quote Mikayla, "Edna is half my size and twice my age." You need to keep Mikayla over Edna for several reasons. Edna was the only one who talked to Coach early on in this game so you know they are bonded now. Edna is smart while Mikayla is strong. If you aren't in the alliance with a smart person, you need to get rid of them before or early in the merge stage or they will dominate later on. You need to listen to their ideas, steal these ideas, vote them out and use their ideas. This isn't how this game is played but rather how it is won. In Mikayla you have a female Ozzie on your team who, while she is nice and strong, she really isn't a strategy hound. This is the phase of the game where the game slowly moves from physical to smarts. The only person who I think can dominate this season both smart wise and physically is Albert. I don't think Keith, Oz or Mikayla are smart enough to win. At least they haven't demonstrated that.
Tribal
If people want to win this game they really need to pay attention to what other people say at Tribal Council. Albert says, "People can fake loyalty, but not strength." Great point. Coach tops him by saying, "Sometimes you can be too honest in this game, you need to hide some cards." that in itself revealed a little bit about both players. Albert isn't hiding his strength while Coach is hiding something, um, maybe an idol. Rick makes a mistake by voting Mikayla. If memory serves he didn't want Coach around at all from the beginning and now he votes with him to get rid of Mikayla? That is how you lose this game. If he had listened to Albert he would have realized they had the same opportunity this week to do what Savaii did last week and take out a key person on the rival alliance. You had them by the balls and released your grip. In Survivor when opportunities like this arise to take control you need to grab hold, and you whiffed here. Had you voted out Edna it would have left Coach and Brandon against the other four. Missed opportunity and now Albert and Sophie wonder if they can trust you.
Next week.
Merge or not to merge. ON a side note, Jim is the guy to beat in my opinion. He is the second coming of Richard Hatch, only he doesn't walk around naked.